Journal-World Solph Simons Sr The World Company history
The World Company at Sixth and New Hampshire Streets Lawrence Kansas publishes daily except Sundays with editors Dolph C Simons Jr and Ralph Gage. Established 1854. Subscription rates differ by region, $2.15 monthly or $24.60 yearly by mail in the main area.
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Solph Simons SR
Dolph C. Simons JR
MAYER
Ralph Gage
Pee Pontics
Eller
the World Company
Sixth
New Hampshire
Lawrence
Kan
Warrer
Douglas
Kansas
Kansas City
United States
Patient Bill of Rights Aims to Clarify Patient Roles
The American Hospital Association issues a 12 point Bill of Rights to codify patient access to information privacy and decision making. It notes modern medicine challenges paternalism and urges informed consent and clear hospital communications while acknowledging limits on guarantees.
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American Hospital Assn
Lawrence K. Altman
The
New York Times
Collectivism All the Rage Among Companies Buying Back Shares
Wall Street sees a surge in corporate stock repurchases as Gulf Oil United Aircraft Bethlehem Steel Sperry Hutchinson plan to buy back millions. Motivations include tax efficiency high cash reserves and belief shares are undervalued with Dow Jones around 14 times last year's earnings.
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New York
Wall Street
Gulf Oil
United Aircraft
Bethlehem Steel
Sperry & Hutchinson
Green Stamp Company
Argus Research Corp
Wind and weather amid storm and hail in old town
Old Home Town wind brought a dust storm then rain and marble sized hail. Heavy rain accompanied by hail. State Sen August Lauterbach 62 found dead in Topeka hotel room after heart attack. He had heart trouble. Prohibition issue to electorate defeated by Kan sas House committee. Mary Topping India School won county spelling title. Draft Board Chairman Ogden Jones says new law to set up Selective Service Board here. No machinery to reactivate old board. Underdog Lawrence High beat Wichita East for Kansas Class AA title bid. Gov Landon names Greenleaf Hoch to new Corporation Commission to replace Public Service Commission. Dr. R C Moore KU added to list of starved scientists in top American men of science. Prayer segment ends.
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August Lauterbach
Topeka
Kansas House
Mary Topping
India School
Draft Board
Ogden Jones
Selective Service Board
Jones
Bruce Cameron
Phog Allen
Lawrence High
Wichita East
Kansas
Alf Landon
J. W. Greenleaf
Homer Hoch
Corporation Commission
Public Service Commission
R. C. Moore
Hospitals Open to Public Debate on Treatment and Operations
The article discusses balancing doctor patient discussions with hospital efficiency. It stresses listening to public ideas while avoiding constant changes. It notes the need for reasonable give and take among well meaning participants to benefit all.
How Not to Fight a War, Lessons From Ellsberg Testimony
The piece surveys Daniel Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers exposure with commentators like Bundy Schlesinger and Galbraith weighing open society against military secrets. It cites Gen. Maxwell Taylor favoring censorship and argues the era’s war debate exposed tensions between transparency and national security.
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Los Angeles
Daniel Ellsberg
McGeorge Bundy
Harvard
Elisberg
Schlesinger
Moyers
Gen. Taylor
Pentagon
Normandy
Ellsberg
United States
Hanoi
New York Times
Viet Cong
Paris
U.S
Newspaper Circulation Rises Despite Mergers in 1972
U S daily newspaper count grew to 1,761 in 1972 from 1,749 in 1971, with total copies sold per day climbing to 62,110,242. Morning papers numbered 337 with 26,078,386 in circulation, while 1,441 evening papers reached 36,431,856 collectively.
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U. S
Fraternity Members Walk for Charity in Kansas
About 45 Lambda Chi Alpha brothers from Kansas State College begin a four day 100 mile walk from Pittsburg to Overland Park. They aim to raise ten thousand dollars for the March of Dimes and highlight litter along U S 69. The students donate spring vacation time to the effort.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity
U.S. 69
Overland Park
Power Crunch Grips Congress Amid Rising Energy Strain
Washington interview with Stanford F. Crunch outlines a severe winter power shortage harming Congress. He warns the White House has siphoned energy, risking a three to four day per week shutdown if trends persist, with Congress forced to bow to presidential fiscal and foreign policies.
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Congress
United States
Capitol Hill
Nixon
Stanford F. Crunch
Washington
White House
Crunch
Senate
House of Representatives
Nixon weighs full Seventh Fleet return to North Vietnam waters
Washington reports Nixon plans secret orders to deploy the Seventh Fleet as a strong warning to Hanoi over North Vietnamese infiltration. Four carriers are now offshore, with risks of restarting heavy bombing if talks fail and POW releases delay.
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Washington
State Department
Nixon
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Pentagon
U. S
Haiphong Harbor
Japan
Philippines
Humphrey Criticizes Nixon Actions in Wichita Dinner
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey spoke in Wichita at the Kansas region annual dinner of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He warned that Nixon administration policies erode trust as living costs rise and questioned the dismantling of the Office of Economic Opportunity. He urged new national priorities and a budget that does not divide Americans into haves and have-nots.
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Wichita
Kan
Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Kansas
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Office of Economic Opportunity
Sople
Wagnerian Tenor Melchior Dies at 83 in California
Lauritz Melchior, renowned Wagnerian tenor, died at St. John’s Hospital in Santa Monica at 83 after gall bladder surgery. The Danish-born star delivered over 1000 Wagnerian performances and left the Met in 1950 after a contract dispute. He later toured nationwide and sang the national anthem for Dodgers games.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Lauritz Melchior
St. John’s Hospital
Melchoir
Wagner
Melchior
Richard Wagner
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Rudolph Bing
Los Angeles Dodgers
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